Sarcasm? Is it a sin (always?)

TheTruthTheLightTheWay said:

I rebuke all of you fools in the name of the Lord Yeshua whom say that lying is not a sin.

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Amen we are all fools, sometimes for Christs sake, sometimes just because we are. Calm down friend, its a difficult issue. It'll be ok.


1Co 4:10

TheTruthTheLightTheWay said:

Paul was the first anti christ

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No, that's not accurate. Saul was an anti Christ though

Is sarcasm charitable?


1Co 13:1 ¶ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
1Co 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
1Co 13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
1Co 13:4 ¶ Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1Co 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
1Co 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
1Co 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
1Co 13:8 ¶ Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
1Co 13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
1Co 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
1Co 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
1Co 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1Co 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.




1Co 8:1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

Ro 14:15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

1Co 14:1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

1Co 16:14 Let all your things be done with charity.

1Ti 1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

Col 3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness

2Ti 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

1Pe 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

1Pe 5:14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

2Pe 1:5 ¶ And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
2Pe 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
2Pe 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
2Pe 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2Pe 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity

Jude 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

You can be sarcastic to point out irony in life, and there's nothing wrong with that. Just don't use it to hurt someone's feelings.

Well.... since you're looking to improve your Christian life, I would say dispense with the sarcasm.

People get enough put downs from worldly people... as Christians we need to always try and encourage and build others up. See how your life is once you stop making fun and instead offering wise words of Scripture or well placed compliments.

drjean said:

Well.... since you're looking to improve your Christian life, I would say dispense with the sarcasm.

People get enough put downs from worldly people... as Christians we need to always try and encourage and build others up. See how your life is once you stop making fun and instead offering wise words of Scripture or well placed compliments.

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Amen, its easy to join in the sarcasm at times, we all cause each other to stumble, its about personal accountability. Most of us are guilty, i know i am, this thread has blessed me. Thank you everyone.

jcannonb said:

I am feeling conflicted this morning. This is my first deep post on here since joining.

I personally use sarcasm at work all the time to motivate my employees. It is taken in fun. I even on occasion reassure them I do it in jest, because it does seem to motivate them.

One of them for example, I call a slacker all the time, because in all actually he is the hardest working employee I have under me. We all laugh.

Sometimes, I joke to him that he really only does 15 minutes of work in a week. We all know it is in good fun.

I googled "list of sins" this morning, and sarcasm was listed on there. I was a little blown away. Googling further, I find some people say there is "harmful sarcasm" which is a sin, and "helpful sarcasm" which gets a good point across. Then one person wrote that sarcasm to him is the #1 sin of them all because it is so easy. He writes that sarcasm is too easy for intelligent people to call into, and become become addicted to.

I always viewed my sarcasm as being playful, and lighthearted. I do not
wish to harm anyone with my sarcasm. Maybe I do?


So, is (all) sarcasm a sin? Do I need to completely revamp my personality? (No, I am not being sarcastic. )

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God was sarcastic with Job.

1 "Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm. He said:
2 "Who is this that darkens my counsel
with words without knowledge?
3 Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.
4 "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?
Tell me, if you understand.
5 Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
6 On what were its footings set,
or who laid its cornerstone-
7 while the morning stars sang together
and all the angels shouted for joy?" ~Job 38:1-7

The point being, that it depends on the motivation behind it.

crixus said:

You can be sarcastic to point out irony in life, and there's nothing wrong with that. Just don't use it to hurt someone's feelings.

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Exactly.

We are given all emotions (even anger) to serve a purpose-all emotions are like fire...they warm and burn..

it's your motives that you need to check if in doubt.

A scripture i ran across today, i already posted it once in another DF thread but twice is better, 3 seems like a good number as well. Heading to GT now.



Php 2:1 ¶ If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Php 2:2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Php 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Php 2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Php 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Php 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Php 2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
Php 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Php 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Php 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Php 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Php 2:12 ¶ Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Php 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Php 2:14 ¶ Do all things without murmurings and disputings: